Bottle-blowing machine



w. HENRY AND I. B ASSFORD.

BOTTLE BLOYWTNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED QCT.2-7. I9I9. Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

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BOTTLE BLOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr.27. 1919.

Patented Nov; 28, 1922.

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BOTTLE BLOWING MACHiNE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-27.19I9.

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Patented Nov; 28, 1922.

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WILLIAM HENRY AND ISAAC BASSFORD, 0F WELLSBURG, VIRGINIA; SAID ISAAC BASSFORD ASSIGNOR OF ONE-SIXTH TO GEORGE W. BASSFORD, OF WELLSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, LAND SAID HENRY ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO EMMA HALL AND ONE-TWELF'IH TO 3'. C. PERRIN, DOTH OF WELLSBUR'G,

wEs'r VIRGINIA.

BOTTLE-BLOWING MACHINE.

Application filed October 27, 1919. Serial No. 333,485.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, WILLIAM HENRY and ISAAC BASSFORD, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Wellsburg, county of Brooke, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Blowing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to bottle blowing machines, and more particularly to an apparatus whereby each and every of the.

various operations involved in the manufacture of blown glass bottles are automati cally performed.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an apparatus or machine by means of which the complete formation of blown glass bottles from the introduction of' the charge of molten glass in the blank-formin mold is automaticlly accomplished.

ith this and other important objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction arrangement of parts. and combinations 0 elements which will hereinafter be exemplified, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a machine constructed in accordance with our invention;

Figure 2 is a partial top plan view of the same, portions of the structure being shown broken away to illustrate various structural features; a

Figure 3 is an enlarged top plan view of a neck-mold with the supporting shaft therefor and mechanism;

Figure 4 is a view of the same partly in longitudinal section and partly in side eleparts of the mold actuating vation;

Figure 5 is a sectional elevation taken in substantially the planeindicated by the line 55, Fig. 6, showing in top plan a blankmold and parts of the actuating mechanism therefor;

Figure 6 is a sectional elevation taken on' the line'6--6, Fig. 5-; a

Figure 7 is a transverse section on line 7-7 Fig. 6;

ing a blow-down and the actuating mechanism therefor;

Figure 8 is a sectional elevation illustrate I set screws 17 A pivot- 1n 18 directed vertically through the mem ers of the -head 13 Figure 10 is an end elevation of the same;

Figure 11 is a top plan view of theguideway associated with the neck-mold operatin% mechanism;

igure 12 is a partial section ofthe same; 4 Figure 13 is a detail view in top plan of one of the sections of the neck-mold;

Figure 14 is a sectional elevation of the same, the section being taken on line 14. 14:, Fig. 13;

Figure15 is a top plan view of the guide way associated with the blow-mold operating mechanism igure 16 is a section of thesame. Figure 17 is a front elevation of a blankmold.

1 Referring to, said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views-- 1 indicates an upright hollow standard or column having a base 2 mounted to rotate upon ball bearings 3 carried by a support 4 which is preferably mounted upon a wheeled truck 5. Mounted upon said column 1 to rotate withthe latter are two similar spiders consisting of hubs 6 and 7 and a plurality of horizontal radials arms 8 and 9,

respectively, said spiders being relatively spaced and having the arms 8 and 9 thereof disposed invertically alinedpalrs.

Each of the arms 9 of the lower spidercarries on its under side apair of bearing blocks 10 and 11, and journaled for rotary movement in each of said pairs of blocks is a horizontal radially disposed shaft 12 hav ing a head 13 detachably mounted on its outer end. Said head 13 is bifurcated and has mounted in the bifurcation thereof in superposed relation the horizontal hingelike supporting members 14' of a two-part sectional cup 15 which has detachably "mounted therein a sectional ring 16. Said cup constitutes a holder adapted for the rea hinge, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

'Formed on or attached to the under side of one of the sections of the cup 15 in a position wherein it is axiallyalined with the cup vwhen the sections of the latter are closed is a small boss-like casin 19 having vertically alined central openings therein. Extending vertically through said casing and having its opposite ends projected through said openings is a vertically movable plunger 20 which has a suitably ocated fixed collar 21. A compression spring 22 has oneend seated upon said collar 21 and its opposite, or upper, end resting against the top of said casing 19. Said spring normally holds said plunger depressed in a position in which the upper' end of the latter is withdrawn from the neck-shaping interior of the ring 16, as shown in Fig. 14.

The cup 15, ring-16 and plunger casing 19 together constitute a neck-shaping mold for bottles and will, therefore, be referred to hereinafter as a neck-mold. The plunger is designed for operation to form a bottlemouth opening in the neck portion of a charge of molten glass'when the latter is compacted in a manner hereinafter explained, which opening is thereafter employed for receiving air under pressure whereby said charge is compactedin an upward direction within a superposed blankforming mold .23, as will presently be described. i

Said blank-mold. 23 is of a two-part .hinged type, having hinge members 24 disposed between the ends of the companion arms 8 and 9 of the two spiders and connected by a pivot-pin 25, as is best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Connected pivotally to laterally extending lugs 26 carried by each of the sections of the blank-mold 23 are the outer endsof bars 27 which have their inner ends in like manner connected to opposite laterally extending arms 28 carried by the outer endof a horizontal plate-like slide 29 which has its lateral edges slidably received in longitudinal guide-grooves orchannels 30 which extends a vertical shaft or rod 33, said sleeve and said shaft being rigidly attached,

. as by a set Screw 34 directedthrough' the former into impinging relation to the lat-- ter. Said shaft has its lower end extendingthrough a longitudinal slot 35 provided therefor in the spider arm '9 and has its upper end extending through a similar slot 36 provided in the overlying spider arm 8,

and it carries upon its lower end a yoke 37 disposed in straddling relation to the adjacent rotary shaft 12, as is most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Said yoke, which has opposite inwardly directed lugs 38 with their ends slidably received in grooves or channels 39 provided in opposite sides of the Shaft 12, is designed through movement of said shaft or rod 33 along said slots 35 and 36 to effect rotation of said shaft 12 in a manner and for a purpose which will hereinafter be made apparent.

Stationarily located in encircling relation to the column 1 at a suitably spaced distance above the upper spider is a circular table 40 which is supported by a suitable frame, as by angular supports 41 carried by the truck 5 and located outside the range of movement of the rotatable portion of the machine. Mounted on said table at one side of the latter is a plurality of outwardly directed arms 42 which rigidly support on their outer ends a horizontal guide 43 of which the. main body portion describes an arc of approximately ninety degrees and is positioned concentric with respect to the column 1. Mount ed upon another side of said table 40 are outwardly extending arms 44 of varying lengths which carry upon their outer ends a second guide 45 located in the same horizontal plane withsaid guide 43.

Carried upon the upper end of each of the vertical rods or shafts 33 is an anti-friction roller 46 which, during a part of each revolution of the machine, travels against the outer face of the arcuate portion of the guide 43.

which latter serves throughout said part of the revolution to maintain said rod 33 stationary in its outermost position, in which position the blank-mold 23 is held closed, as shown in Figs, 5 and 6. The rotary travel of the machine is in counter-clockwise direction; hence, promptly following the passage of the anti-friction roller 46 from engagement with the outer face of the guide 43 it engages the inner'face of the adjacent end of the guide 45, which end is approximately straight and is disposed tangential'with respect to an arcuate forward portion of said guide, as is shown in Fig. 2. Continued rotation of the machine following initial engagement of said roller with said guide 45 results in the vertical rod 33 being rapidly forced inward along the slots 35 and.36 toward the column 1. This movement of said rod effects, through the intermediate mechanism described, the gradual, but rapid, opening of the blank-mold 23 which, as aforesaid, waspreviously maintained closed by the engagement of the roller 46- with the guide 43. Said mold is in fully open position when the arcuately curved portion of the guide is reached by said roller and is maintained open by said guide during engagement of said roller therewith.

Located over the blank mold 23 is a vertically disposed member 47, hereinafter termed :a blow-down, through which air is direct-- ed for compressing, or compacting, the

charge of glass introduced in said blankupon the underlying arm 8 of the upper spider. The opposite, or inner, end of said lever carries a roller which, throughout an initial portion of each revolution of the machine, travels upon a curved trackway 51 carried by suitable supports, as the arms 42.

The lever 48 normally, or throughoutthe major ortion of each revolution, occupies a lateral y swung position in which the blowdown 47 is supported out of overlying relation to the blank-mold 23, as" shown at the extreme right in Fig. 2, so that it will not interfere with the charging of said mold. However, immediately following the movement of such mold from its charging station, located at the extreme right. in Figs. 1 and 2, the roller 50 engages a sharply inclined front end portion 51 of said trackway 51, by which its movement is interrupted with the result that the lever 48 is swung around on its support 49. toa position in which it disposes the blow-down 47 directly over, or in axial alinement with, the blank-mold 23. Swinging movement of said lever is stopped at this point and the roller 50 is therefore actuated to mount the trackway 51 over the inclined end portion 51 of the latter. This results in said lever being rocked forward on its pivotal mounting to a point in which the blow-down is firmly seated upon the top of the blank-mold, as shown at the second and third stations in Fig. 2 and as shown in full lines in Fig. 8.

To provide for the lateral swinging movement of the lever 48 in the manner above described, a special'mounting for the support 49 is employed. Said support is rigidly carried by a plate-like base member 52 which is attached to the underlying supporting arm 8 by means of a pivot-pin -53 directed through the outer end thereof. A curved slot 54 provided in the inner end of said base member has received therein an upright pin or stud 55 carried by the arm 8. Said stud and said slot are so arranged relatively that the former engages an end of the latter for down is accurately positioned over the blankmold. When the roller 50 passes off the end of the trackway 51, a compression spring, as

56, located in a suitable position actuates thelever to rock back, elevating the blow-down fromoperative relation to the blank-mold. Obviously, the trackway 51 must be made of such length as will serve to maintain said operative relation between the blow-down and the blank-mold only throughout the interval required.

Promptly following the seating of the blow-down upon the blank-mold, as described a valve 57 1ocated in an airconducting line leading from the interior of the column 1 tosaid blow-down is actuated to open to admit air under pressure to the interior of the blank-mold for compacting in a downward direction the charge of lass previously introduced in the latter. aid air-conducting line comprises a. pipe 58 which communicates at a suitable point with the interior of the column 1 and which is preferably arranged to lie adjacent to a lateral edge of the spider arm 8. Attached-to the outer end of said pipe 58 is a short length of flexible tubing 59 leading to a nipple 60 carried by the upper end of the blow-down.

The valve 57 is preferably of a common pop- Preceding the compacting of the glass in I the blank-mold and in the underlyingneckmold the lower projecting end of the plunger 20 engages and rides up an incline to an elevated position on a curved track 63 provided therefor upon suitably located supports, as 64,'sa1d plunger being thrust upward against the tension of its spring 22. So elevated, the

charge of glass is compacted inan upward direction against the superposed seated blowdown for completing the formation of the bottle blank.

Air for compacting the glass, as aforebottle' is first conducted to the interior of the hollow column 1 through a pipe 128 which leads vertlcally through a cap 65 car-,

, ried upon the upper end of said column, a

gland and suitable packing being provided so that rotation of said column with respect to said pi e is. permitted without leakage. For con 'ucting air from the column to the neck-mold a pipe 66 leads. radially outward from said column to the inner end said, and for subsequently blowing the of the rotary shaft 12, there communicating i with the end of a longitudinal bore 67 pro vided in'said shaft, which latter has its said end arranged for rotation with respect to said pipe. Said bore 67 communicates at the outer end of said shaft with an alined short bore 68 provided in the adjacent end of the head 13. Leading outward from the outer end of said bore 68 is a port 69 within which is threaded an end of an air-conducting pipe 70 which has its opposite end connected to the lower end of the pivot-pin 18. A bore 71 leads vertically from said lower end of said pivot-pin, and a suitably located sideopening port provided in said pin is adapted to register with the adjacent end of a passage 7 2 which extends through the hingelike supporting member 14 of one of the sections of the cup 15 and opens at its outer end into the interior of said cup through that portion of the latter which directly underlies the ring 16 and which loosely embraces the upper end of the plunger 20 when the latter occupies its normal position.

A valve 73 is mounted on the pipe 66 and has a vertically depressible stem 75 adapted at the proper moment to mount and travel upon an arc-shaped horizontal bar 76 whereby it is depressed to valve-opening position, said bar being stationarily mounted in an appropriate position, as on the under side of the table 40, and having a suitable length.

Following the formation of the bottle blank in the blank and neck molds, as described, the blank-mold is opened in the manner hereinbefore described, leaving the blank supported in an upright or upstanding position supported by the neck-mold; and following a partial opening of said blank-mold, rotary movement is imparted to the neck-mold for reversing the blank and disposing the latter in a position where it will be promptly embraced by the then closing sections of a two-part blow-mold 74 which will hereinafter be described in connection with the mechanismiby which its opening and closing is effected at proper intervals.

The partial rotary movement of the neckmold by which reversal of the blank is effected, as aforesaid, results from the travel of the lugs 38 of the yoke 37 from the straight longitudinal channels 39 of the shaft 12 to and along spirally directed grooves 77 which lead at a sharply inclined angle from the inner ends of said channels 39 adjacent to the inner end of said shaft, as is most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In practice, during the opening of the blankmold, effected as aforesaid through inward movement of the vertical rod 33 along the slots 36 and 35, respectively, of the spider arms 8 and 9, the lugs 38 travel inward along said channels 39. Just prior to the completion of the blank-mold-o ening movement said lugs engage the adjacent ends of the spiral grooves 77 and, in continued inas ward travel along the latter, act to produce the partial rotation of the shaft 12 required to effect the complete reversal of the neckmold with the glass blank mounted in the latter.

Loosely embracing the shaft 12 adjacent to and in front of the outer bearing block 11, or embracing an adjacent portion of the head 13, is a longitudinally slidable collar 78 having laterally disposed lugs 79 to which are pivotally attached the inner ends of bars 80 having their opposite, or front, ends in like manner attached to lugs 81 formed on the lateral faces of the two sections of the two-part cup 15, as shown in Fig. 3, so that said sections may be relatively closed and opened, respectively, by outward and inward sliding movement of said collar 78 on said shaft 12. Loosely embracing the periphery of said collar is a band 82 which has an internal rib 83 disposed in an annular groove 84 provided in said collar. Pivotally attached to trunnions formed on opposite sides of said band are the outer ends of two inclined links 85 which extend inwardly and upwardly from said trunnions and on opposite sides of the adjacent spider arm 9 and have their opposite ends pivoted upon trunnions 86 formed on a cross-head 87 carried by the lower end of a short rod 88 which extends vertically through and is movable along the inner end portion of the slot 36 of the adjacent spider arm 8. Mounted upon the upper end of said rod 88 is an ant!- friction roller 89 which has a diameter exceeding the width of'said slot 36 and which rests upon said arm 8 at opposite sides of said slot for supporting said rod. Said roller 89 is disposed for travel in a guideway formed between thevertically disposed sides of a channel member 90 which is rigidly mounted on the under side of the table 40. Said channel member encircles the column 1 and has an irregular form, as shown in Fig. 11, so that each rod 88 is ad-' vanced outward along the slot 36 prior to the arrival of the arm 8 by which it is sup ported at the blank-mold charging position indicated in Fig. 11 by broken radial line designated 1, thus effecting the closing of the neck-mold through the intermediate mechanism hereinbefore described, and also so that following the completion of the blowing operation by which the bottle is blown, as will hereinafter be described, said rod or shaft will thereby be actuated to move inwardly for effecting the opening of said neck-mold to release the neck of the bottle, i

its peripheral edge at regularly spaced in- .said table.

tervals' a plurality of vertical spike-like members 92 which constitute, in efi'ect,

crown-gear teeth which are successively engaged by a motor-driven device whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said table and, through the latter, to the column 1 and the mechanisms carried thereby.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 9 and 10, the numeral93 indicates an electric Inotor mounted upon the truck 5 and having its shaft coupled to, a shaft 94 which carries a worm 95 with, which meshes a worm gear 96-carried by a shaft 97 which is journaled in suitable bearings 98. Fixed upon said shaft 97 is a cylinder or drum 99 having formed in its peripheral surface a continuous deep groove or channel 100 designed to successively receive therein the ends of the crown-gear teeth 92 carried by the table 91 and, through rotation" of said drum, to ad; 'vance said teeth for producing rotation of the table is of an intermittent, or a measured step'by step, character, it being obviously essential that the various blank-molds shall, in succession, stop and remain stationary at the charging 'pointor station during a sufficient interval of time to allow charging thereof and the shearing from the punty or other charging tool the glass charges introdnced in'said molds. As is clearly shown in Fig. 9, the'drum 99 has that portion ofthe channel 100 which occupies a midway position on its surface extending annularly, or at a right. angle to its axis, so that during the interval in which each tooth 92 travels in said portion the table 91, column 1 and the mechanisms carried by the-latter remain stationary; Said annular portion of the channel, as herein shown, has a length approximating the circumference of the drum, but may obviously be variously shortened in length to suit any shorter interval of rest required, or, if necessary to increasethe rest 7 interval, a drum of relatively larger diam- -eter may'beemployed. From the opposite ends of said annular portion said channel 100 extends spirally at suitable angles to the opposite ends of the drum. In practice,-

when in the rotation of said drum a tooth 92 passes from the annular "portion of the channel 100 to the spiral exit portion of the latter, the table 91"- immediately starts to rotate and continues such rotationat a uniform speed, until the next succeeding tooth passes from the spiral entrance portion of, the channel'to -said annular portion, wheneupon rotation immediately. ceases.

Manifestly, the teeth 92 should he -spaced relatively so that just prior to one thereof leaving the axis portion of the channel the next I succeeding tooth enters, the entrance portion,

as shown in Fig. 9.

Said channel 100 is made of such form that the movement imparted to- Carried by the table 91 at properly spaced distances is a plurality of brackets 101 each of which provides a support 102 upon which are suitably hinged the sections of a twopart blow-mold 74. The said sections of the blow-mold carry lugs 103 on the sides thereof, to which are pivotally attached the front ends'of bars 104 which are pivoted at their opposite ends to laterally disposed lugs 105 carried by a slide 106 which is slidably mounted upon parallel horizontal rods 107 having their front ends mounted on the'support 102 and their inner ends mounted upon a support 108 carried on: the bracket 101. Fixed at its upper end to said slide 106 is a vertical rod 109 which projects through a slot 110 provided therefor in the table 91 and which carries upon its lower end an anti friction roller 111 which travels between the upright side walls of a horizontally disposed channel member 112 that encircles the column 1 and rests upon suitable supports, as

the supporting members 113 carried by the truck 5. Said channel member 112 constitutes a guideway whereby said rod 109 is shifted forward and back along said slot 110 at proper intervals in the rotation of the machine for moving said slide; 106 to and from.

blow-mold closing position. As shown in Fig. 15, the contourof said guideway 112 is such that the blow-molds are actuated to close after leaving the fourth station and to open prior to reaching the ninth station.

Located at opposite sides of the blankmold. 23 when the'latter occupies charging position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are'the.

blades 114- ofshears whereby the; glass composing the charge is sheared ofi' prior to the seating of the blow-down 47 upon said mold. Said shears may: be of any preferred construction arranged to be automatically actuated at the propertimes, an air-cyllnder 115 being herein illustrated as opera periphery of the drum 99. Obviously, said stud engages said stem at each revolutionof the drumand must be so located that it operates just prior to movement in which the blank-mold is advanced from station. I

The air-cylinder 115 is mounted upon. a

supporting shelf or bracket 120 which is the charging vertically movable to and from shear-oper ating position. Said bracket is suspended .b ble 121 which is passedover suitably arranged pulleys, as 122, and carries suspended on its opposite end a counterbalance 123. The weight of said counterbalance is made slightly less than that which would be adequate to support the bracket 120 and the parts mounted thereon in order that the same may normally occupy a position low.- ered somewhat below operative position.

An inwardly extending arm 124 carried by said bracket has mounted thereon a roller 125 which is adapted, as the charging station is approached by each blank-mold, to be engaged by a curved trackway 126 car ried by the sections of said mold. As shown in Fig. 17 said trackway 126 is composed of two complemental sections one of which is carried by each ofthe mold sections. Obviously, said roller 125 is caused to travel upward upon the trackway 126 as the latter is advanced with the closed blank mold to the charging station, resulting in the bracket 120, with the superposed shears and shearoperating mechanism, being elevated to operative position; and, upon the advance of the charged mold from said charging station, saidroller graidually descends said trackway permitting the said bracket and superposed parts to return to normal lowered position.

The object had in view in making the shears and their operating mechanism vertically movable, as above described, is to provide for the simultaneous manufacture on a single machine of bottles of various sizes or heights. Since bottles of different heights require blank-molds of different heights, it

is obviously necessary that the shears occupy different levels when shearing off the charges deposited in such blank-molds.

-Each difl'erent height of blank mold therefore requires a special trackway 126 designed to effect the required elevation of the shears. In other words, each different height of blank-mold requires that the shears be elevated to operate in approxi mately the plane of its upper face: and, conreaches the charging position, shown at the extreme right in Fig. 2, at which position it remains stationary throughout a suitable in terval of time, it isfully closed and occupies seated registering relation" to the underlying neck-mold constituted, as aforesaid, by the sectional cup 15, neckshaping ring 16 and plunger-casing 19, which is also closed. Immediately following the deposit of the charge of molten glass in the blankmold, the shears 114 are actuated to cut or shear said charge from the charging tool, the opening of. the valve 117 being timed to admit to the air-cylinder 115 a shear-actuating charge of air prior to the commence-v ment of the movement in whichsaid molds are advanced to the next station. I

. It will here be noted that the number of mold-carrying arms may be varied to any extent found desirable, and thearrangement of the intermittent drive is varied to correspond with the number of arms employed on the machine, so that if, for instance, the machine carries ten arms, as in the machine illustrated in the drawings, stops at ten uniformly spaced stations are made during eachrevolution of the machine. Promptly following the start of the charged blank-mold from the first, or charg- V ing station, the supporting lever 48' for the co-operating blow-down 47 is actuated by engagement of the roller 50 with the inclined end p o tion of the trackway 51 to swing laterally to dispose said blow-down'in vertical alinement with the blank-mold, and

i is immediately thereafter actuated through travel of said roller to the horizontal portion of said trackway to rock forward, seating said blow-down upon said blank-mold, as shown at the extreme right in Fig. 1 and as shown in full lines in Fig. 8. At the sameinstant that the blow-down seats as aforesaid, the valve 57 in the air line leading to said blow-down is opened through depressing movement of its stem 61 produced by engagement of the latter with the bar 62. A'charge of air is thus admitted to the,

upper end of said blank-mold whereby the glass charge is compacted downward for shaping the neck of the bottle in the neckmold. The said bar 62' may be of any appropriate length, preferably such as Wlll serve to maintain the valve 57 open until the second station has been passed. Following the downward compacting of the charge,

as aforesaid, the lower end of the plunger. 2O, which has previously been held elevated for forming the mouth-opening in the blank which is being formed, rides off the end of.-

the underlying track 63 and is immediately actuated by its spring 22 to resume its normal lowered position, whereupon the valve 73 is opened by engagement of its stem 75 with the bar 76, thus admitting to the neckmold a charge of air which acts Within the mouth-opening producedby the plunger 20 upon the glass charge for compacting the latter upward against the blow-down, comleting the formation of the bottle blank. gaid valve 73 is maintained open throughout any desired interval of time, preferably during the period required for the travel of its pivotal mounting,'acti1ated by its spring 56, for elevating the blow-down. Simultaneously with said elevating movement, a suitably located spring, as 127, serves to move said lever 48 laterally for carrying the blow-down out of overlying relation to the blank-mold.

At a suitable point, as between the third and fourth stations, the. roller 46 carried by the vertical rod 33 passes off the end of the guide 43-, and at or adjacent to said fourth station said roller engages the tangential portion of the guide 45 whereby said rod 33 is rapidly forced inward along the slots of the spider arms 8 and 9, effecting through the. intermediate mechanism the rapid opening of the blank-mold. Near the end of the blank-mold-o-pening movement'of the rod 33, the lugs 38 of the yoke 37 carried by said rod enter the spirally directed channels 77 in the rotary shaft 12 and, during the travel of said lugs through said channels, actuate said shaft to rotate throughout one-half of a complete revolution, whereby the position of the neck-mold cai'ried by said shaft is reversed. Since said neck-mold then supports therein the formed glass blank, securely holding said blank by its neck, it follows that reversal of said neck-mold as aforesaid also produces reversal of said blank. This reversal is effected at or adjacent to the fifth station.

Immediately after said reversal the blowmold 74 carried by the tab-1e 91 below said mitting air to the blow-mold through the neck-mold for blowing the blank into bottle form. .Said bar 129 may be of any appropriate length, but preferably terminates at or near the eighth station. Promptly following the closing of the valve 73, which occurs when said valve stem 75 passes oif said bar 129, the neck-mold is actuated through inward movement of the short rod 88 alongthe slot 36 to open, leaving the finished bottle supported in the blow-mold.

At any desired point for which the channel member 112 has been prearranged or constructed, as following movement from the eighth station, the blow-mold is ac-.

tuated through inward movement of the rod 109 to open for releasing the bottle.

- The neck-mold is again actuated to close 'at a point adjacent to the tenth station by outward movement of the rod 88, and this closing of the neck-mold is prompty followed by reversal of said neck-mold to upright position and the closing of the blankmold. This reversal of the neck-mold and closing of the blank-mold, is rapidly effected through engagement of the roller 46 of rod 33 with a straight portion 43 of the guide 43 and outward travel of said roller along said portion, which is disposed approximately tangential with respect to the path previously traversed by said rod, said movement of said rod first producing a half revolution of the shaft 12 through the yoke 37, and, second, moving the slide 29 outward so that whenthe first, or charging, station is reached, the neck and blank molds are properly disposed for receiving a charge of molten glass.

It will be understood that, while we have herein shown and described a practical embodiment of the invention, the same isnot confined to a strict conformity with. the showing of the drawings or with the structural details described, but may be changed and modified to the extent that such changes and modifications mark no material departure from: the salient features of the inven- ,tion.

What isclaimed is- 1. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising a hollow rotary column, means supplying compressed air to said column means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said column, a plurality of radially disposed air conducting members carried by said column, a neckmold carried by each of said members, a blank mold located "over each neck-mold, means for compacting downward intosaid blank-mold and said .neok-mold a charge of glass introduced in the former, means for releasing air from SlllCh member for comp-acting said charge in an upward direction following the downward compacting operation, means for opening said blank-mold following said compacting operations', means for rotating each of said members to reverse the position .of said neck-mold and the formed blank carried thereby, a blow-mold closable about the means for releasing air fromsaid member for blowing said blank in said blow-mold to finished bottle form.

2. An automatic bottle blowingmachine comprisinga hollow, airsconducting rotary column, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said column, a plurality of radially disposed air-conducting shafts carried by said. column, an aircontrol valve on each shaft aneck-mold carried by each of saidsha-fts, a blank-mold located over each neck-mold, means for compacting downward into said blank-mold and said neck-mold a charge of glass introduced in the former, means for opening the valve to permit air from the neck-mold carrying shaft to be introduced through said neck-mold; for compacting said charge in an upward direction following the downward compacting operation, means for opening said blank-mold following said compacting operations, means for rotating each shaft to reverse the position of said neck-mold and the formed blank carried thereby, a blow-mold closable about the body portion of said reversed blank, and means for opening said valve to admit air from the shaft through said neck-mold for blowing said blank in saidblow-mold into bottle form with the neck portion thereof held by said neck-mold.

3. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising a hollow air-conducting rotary column, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said column, a plurality of radially disposed air-conducting members carried by said column, a valveon each of said members a neck-mold carried by each of said members, a blank-mold located over each neck-mold, means for compacting downward into said blank-mold and said neck-mold a charge of glass introduced in the former, means for opening said valve to introduce air through the neck-mold for compacting said char e in an upward direction following the ownward compacting operation, means for opening said blankmold following said compacting operations, means for rotating each of said members to reverse the position of the neck-mold carried thereby and the formed blank carried by the latter, a blow-mold closable about the body portion of said reversed blank, means for opening said valve to introduce air through said neck-mold for blowing said blank into bottle form in said blow-mold with the neck portion thereof held by said neck-mold, and means for actuatin said neck-mold to re turn to upright position following the blowing operation.

4. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising a hollow air-conducting rotary support, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a plurality of radially disposed air-conducting members carried bv said support, a valve on each of said members a neck-mold carried by each of said members, a plunger vertically movable into and out of the neck-forming portion of said neck-mold, a blank-mold carried by said support over each of said neck-molds, means for compacting in a downward direction a glass char e introduced in said blank-mold, means or opening said valve to introduce air through said neck-mold for compacting said charge in an upward direction following the downward compacting operation, means actuating said blank-mold to release the blank formed by the compacting operations, a blow-mold carried by said support below each neck-mold, means for rotating said neck-mold to reversed position for positioning said blank with'respect to said blowmold, means actuating said blow-mold to close about the body of said blank, and means for opening said valve to introduce air through said neck-mold for blowing said blank into bottle form.

5. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising a hollow air-conducting rotary support, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a

plurality of radially disposed air-conducting members carried by said support, valves carried by said members a neck-mold carried by each of said members, a plunger operable through the bottom of said neck-mold, means for elevatin said plun er, a blankmold carried by said support over each neck-mold, means for directing air into said blank-mold for compacting in said blank and neck molds about the upper end of the.

ing said blow-mold at predetermined inter- 1 vals, means for rotating said neck-mold to reversed position for positioning the blank with respect to the open blow-mold, and means for opening said valve to admit air through said neck-mold for blowing said blank into bottle form within said blowmold.

6. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising a hollow air-conducting rotary support, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a plurality of radially disposed air-conducting members carried by said support, said members being in open communication with said support, a valve on each member, a neck-mold carried by each of said members,- a plunger operable through the bottom of said neck-mold, means for elevating said plunger, a blank-mold carried by said support over each neck-mold, means for directing air into said blank-mold for compacting in said blank and neck molds about the upper end of the elevated plunger a charge of glass introduced in said blank-mold, means for opening said valve to direct a blank-forming charge of, air upward neemve.

through said neck-mold when said plunger is lowered, means for opening and closing said blank-mold atipredetermined points in the rotary travel, a blow-mold carried by said support below each neck-mold, means support, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a

plurality of radially disposed air-conducting members carried by said support, said members being in open communication with blank-forming said support, a valve on each member, a necksmold carried by each of said members, a plunger operable through the bottom of said neck-mold, means for elevating said plunger, a blank-mold carried by said support over each neck-mold, means for directing air int said blank-mold for compacting in said blank and'neck molds about the upper end of the-elevated plunger a charge of glass introduced in said blank-mold, means for opening said valve to direct a charge of, air upward through said neck-mold when said plunger is lowered, means for opening and'clos ng said blank-mold at predetermined points in its rotary travel, 'ablow-mold carried bysaid support below each neck-mold, means for opening and closing said blow-mold at predetermined intervals, means for rotating said neck-mold to and from reversed position at predetermined intervals, said neckmold when in reversed position supporting the blank in position to-be received by the blow-mold, means for opening said valve to admit air through said member for blowing said blank into bottle form in said .blowmold, and means for opening and closing said neck-mold at predetermined intervals. 8. An autbmatic doottleblowing machine comprising a hollow air-conductlng rotary support, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a pinrality of radially disposed air-conducting members carried by said support, a valve carried by each member, a neck-mold carried by each of said members, a plunger operable for elevatin through the bottom of said neck-mold, means said plunger, a blank-mold carried by said support over each neck-mold, means for directing air into saidbla krmold for compacting in said blank and neck molds about. the upper end of theelevated lunger a charge of lass introduced in" sai blankmold, means or opening said valve to direct r i I r i blank in position to be received by the blowa mold when the latter is closed, and means for opening said valve to direct air from said member through said neck-mold for blowing said blank into bottle form in said blowmold. 1 g

9. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising a hollow air-conducting rotary column, meanswhereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said column, a

plurality of-radially-disposed air-conducting shafts carried by said column, a valve on each shaft a neck-mold carried by each of said shafts, means for opening and closing saidneck-mold at predetermined points in the travel thereof, a; plunger operable through the lower end of said neck-mold, means whereby said plunger is held elevated within said neck-mold when the latter occupies charging position, a blank-mold associated with each neck moldfmeans whereby P said blank-mold is actuated at redetermined .intervals to open and close, said blank-mold when closed being superposed upon said neck-mold, means for compacting within said blank and neck-molds and about the upper end of said plunger a charge of glass introduced in said blank-mold,,means effecting-withdrawal of said plunger, means for opening said valve to directfrom said shaft a blank-forming charge of air in the mouthopening produced in the charge withdrawn plunger, a blow-mol ssociated with each neck-mold, means for opening and closing said blow-moldat redetermined intervals, means operable ollowing opening of the blank-mold and preceding closing of the blow-mold for reversing the neck-mold,

by said said blow-mold being located in suchrelation to the reversed neck-mold that it closes upon the body portion of the reversed blank-'- carried by the latter, and means for opening Y said valve to direct: air through said shaft for blowing said blank into bottle form in said neck and blow molds.

' 10. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising'an air-conducting rotary column,

means whereby intermittent-rotary move ment is impa 1 to saidcolumn,aplurality of radially-disposed air-conducting shafts carried by said column, a valve on each shaft a neck-moldvcarpied by each" of said shafts, means ioropemng and closing. said necks are its

mold at predetermined points in the travel thereof, a plunger operable through the lower end ofsaid neck-mold, means whereby said plun er is held elevated within said neck-mold W en the latter occupies charging position, a blank-mold associated with each neck-mold, means whereby said blanking said valve to direct through said shaft a blank-forming charge of air in the mouthopening produced in the charge by said withdrawn plunger, a blow-mold assoclated with each neck-mold, means for opening and closing said blow-mold at predetermined intervals, means operable following opening of the blank-mold and preceding closing of the blow-mold for reversing the neck-mold, said blow-mold being located in such relation to the reversed neck-mold that it closes upon the body portion of the reversed blank carried by the latter, and means for opening said valve to direct through said shaft and said neck-mold air for blowing said blank into bottle form. 11. An automatic bottle blowing machine comprising an air-conducting rotary column, means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said column, a plurality of radially-disposed air-conducting shafts carried by said column,'a valve on each shaft a neck-mold carried by each of said shafts, means for opening and closin said neckmold at predetermined points 1n the travel thereof, a plunger operable through the lower end of said neck-mold, means whereby said plunge-r is held elevated within said neck-mold when the latter occupies chargin ,position, a blank-mold associated with eac neck-mold, means whereby .said blank-mold is actuated at predetermined intervals to open and close, said blank-mold when closed being superposed upon said neck-mold, a

blow-down associated with each blank-mold,

means whereby said blow-down is actuated to move into seated relation to said blankmold following charging of the latter with molten glass, means for directing air through'said blow-down for compacting the charge within said blank and neck molds and about the upper end of said plunger, means effecting withdrawal of said plunger following said compacting operation, means for opening said valve to direct throu h said shaft and said. neck-mold a blankorming charge of air in the mouth-opening produced in said charge by said withdrawn plunger, a blow-mold associated with each neck mold, means for opening and closing said blowmold at predetermined intervals, means operable. following opening of the blankmold and precedin closing of the blow-mold whereby said nec -mold is reversed, said blow-mold being located in such relation to the reverse-d neck-mold that it closes upon the body portion of the blank carried by the latter, and means for opening said valve to direct air through said shaft and said neckmold for blowing said blank into bottle form in said neck and blow-molds.

12. In an automatic bottle blowing machine, a hollow air-conducting rotary support carrying blank-molds and blow-molds, radial air-conducting shafts carried by said support, neck-molds carried by each of said shafts, mechanisms whereby said blankmolds and blow-molds are opened and closed at predetermined intervals, each of said neck-molds being adapted in one position to cooperate with an adjacent blank-mold in the formation of a bottle blank and in another position to cooperate with an adjacent blow-mold in the blowing of said blank into bottle form, means whereby said neck-mold is actuated to move from one position to the other and to return at predetermined intervals, a valve carried by each shaft, and means for opening said valve at two points in the rotation of the shaft by which it is carried.

13. In an automatic bottle-blowing machine, the combination with a rotary support carryin blank-molds and blow-molds and mechanlsms whereby said molds are opened and closed at predetermined intervals, of means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a plurality of rotary shafts carried by said support and having channels therein, a neck-mold carried by each shaft adapted in one position to cooperate with an adjacent blank-mold for forming a bottle blank, and in a reversed position to cooperate with an adjacent blow-mold for blowing said blank into bottle form, means operable in the channels of each shaft whereby the latter is intermittently rotated throughout one-half revolution for positioning said neck-mold with respect to said blank and blow-molds at predetermined intervals, each of said shafts being hollow and communicatin at one end with a source of air supply an at the other with the interior of the neck-mold carried thereby, and a valve on each shaft arranged to be opened at predetermined intervals for admitting air for forming a blank in the blank-mold and for admitting air for blowing said blank into bottle form in the blow-mold.

14. In an automatic bottle-blowing machine, the combination with a rotary member carrying a plurality of blank-molds and mechanisms whereby said molds are 0 ened and closedat predetermined interva s, of

means whereby intermittent rotary move ment is imparted to said'member, shears located adjacent to the path of travel of said molds and adapted for actuation to shear ofi' charges of glass introduced in said molds, a vertically movable support for said shears, said support normally supporting said shears below their operative level, and cooperating means carried by said support and by each of said molds whereby said support is elevated for disposing said shears in operative position as each mold approaches charging position.

' 15. In an automatic bottle-blowing machine, the combination with a rotary member carrying a plurality of blank-molds and mechanisms whereb said molds are opened and closed at pre etermined intervals, of means whereby intermittent rotary movement is impartedto said member,'shears located adjacent to the path of travel of said molds and adapted. for actuation to shear 'ofi' charges of glass introduced in said molds, a vertically movable support for said shears, said support being normally stationed in a position supporting said shears below their operative level, a trackway car ried by each of said molds, and means adapted to mount said track whereby said support is elevated for disposing said shears 1n operative position as said molds severally approach charging position, saidtrackways being spaced at uniform distances from the tops of said molds irrespective of the heights of the latter.

16. In an automatic bottle-blowing machine, the combination with a rotary member carrying a plurality of blank-molds and mechanisms whereby said molds are 0 ened and closed at predetermined intervals, of means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said member, vertically movable shears located adjacent to the path of travel of said molds and adapted for actuation to shear ofi' charges of glass introduced in said molds, said shears being normally stationed in lowered inoperative position with respect to said molds, and means carried by each mold whereby, when the latter approaches charging position, said shears are elevated into operative relation to the mold.

17. In an automatic bottle-blowing machine, the combination with a rotary support carrying a plurality of blank molds and blow-molds and mechanisms whereby said molds are opened and closed at predetermined' intervals, of means whereby intermittent rotary movement is imparted to said support, a neck-mold located adjacent to each of said blank-molds, said neck-molds being reversible and each thereof being adapted in one position to cooperate with the adjacent blank-mold for forming a glass blank and in another position to cooperate In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY. ISAAC BASS-FORD. Witnesses G. 0. SMITH, H. E. DUNLAP. 

